[MPlayer-dev-eng] HW for open standard video and audio formats

[RC]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:22:24 +0200
Svante Signell <svante.signell at telia.com> wrote:

> Video: Ogg Theora, Nut?

NUT is a container.  Add MPEG-1, VP3 (similar to Theora), Snow, and
perhaps Dirac.

> Audio: Ogg Vorbis, flac?

MPEG-1 Layer 2 (MP2).

> Any open standard for 5.1 (or higher) audio available?

Any codecs can handle any number of channels.  None of the
free/open ones have the bit-saving features for multiple channel sound
like AC3/DTS does, though the Vorbis coders have promised it for a long
time.

> What about HDTV resolutions?

There's nothing special about a higher resolution.  Any of the video
codecs can handle HDTV resolutions.